“We plan both morning services around marriage and family,” says Pastor Warren Heckman. “My wife, Donna, arranges the extra touches—candlelighters, a flower girl and a ring bearer, the traditional wedding music—and I preach about God’s plan for the home. “Then at the end, I invite all those married in the past year to come down the aisle again and renew their vows. They are dressed in their wedding clothes, and it becomes quite an emotional moment. All the other married couples in the church then
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